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Another Good-bye
I feel like I have to write this because I need some closure. As many of you know, my grandfather died last week after losing a 17-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He stopped eating about a week before that, when he “forgot” how to swallow. I had always hoped that his heart would forget how to beat first, but unfortunately the disease ( Read more... ) -
Waiting
Just a little less than a year ago, my family gathered at my home to take my Grandma's remains to Alington National Cemetary. Today we are in a vigil of sorts, waiting for the end to come for her husband. My grandfather stopped swallowing on Wednesday, and as such can neither eat nor drink. Since he is in late stage Altzheimers, there of course ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Splurging for My Future
DIning room set.
New couch and/or loveseat. -
Writer's Block: Clock Punching
I was a newspaper carrier for the Boston Globe. I started when I was nine, and had the job for a little more than 3 years. I held the route continuously for that time, and earned a scholarship that paid about a third of my parents out-of-pocket costs for my first year of college. Not to mention that it gave me spending money to buy things I ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Decision Time
My husband and my mom. -
It's Been a Month
Yes, it has been a month since I last posted. I guess I can't complain that no one else ever posts if I don't do so myself. I just haven't had much that I want to say on here. Let's go over where I am in life ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Comic Instinct
I'm not sure. All I know is that every time I knock down the nest that they build RIGHT NEXT TO my front door, the Robins find something new and irritaing to $h** on. Last year, they took a dump right on the screen door handle. This year, they managed to perch on several screens and then have explosive diahrrea that leaves a turd in the screen ( Read more... ) -
Tuesday Morning Ramble
Maybe if I post it they will come? Dunno. Anywho, I will post my thoughts into the ether anyways, and people can read it or not.
So this Tuesday morning finds me sitting with the windows open, thank goodness, enjoying the weather. I don't mind the hot weather when I have A/C cranking, which I did last week, but I much prefer the cooler weather ( Read more... ) -
$40
It is amazing just how much wood you can get for $40. I bought an apple bin full of wood today. I had been thinking that it would fit in the trunk and backseat of my car if I was careful in the loading. I'm glad that my car was in the shop today, and the the loaner car was a Grand Caravan. I put the back 3 seats down, and filled the back end ( Read more... )